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Penn Today - Wed August 06, 2025

Designing Cleaner, Greener Concrete That Absorbs Carbon Dioxide

From the mud, straw and gypsum mixtures of ancient Egypt's monumental pyramids to the sophisticated underwater material employed by Roman engineers in iconic structures like the Pantheon, concrete has long symbolized civilization's resilience and ingenuity....

The Daily Pennsylvanian - Wed December 04, 2024

Fisher Fine Arts Library at University of Pennsylvania to Undergo $17.8M Renovation

The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia recently announced that a $17.8 million renovation of its Fisher Fine Arts Library is scheduled to begin in spring 2025. The "envelope" restoration is intended to restore the outside of the 133-year-old building to its original form....

Penn Today & CEG - Thu August 03, 2023

Penn's Mass Timber-Built Amy Gutmann Hall Celebrates Final Wood Panel Placement

Two years after the project ceremonially broke ground at 34th and Chestnut streets, members of Philadelphia's University of Pennsylvania community gathered on July 26 for the "topping off" of Amy Gutmann Hall....

Mon November 27, 2017

Brandywine, Drexel University Break Ground on $3.5B Schuylkill Yards Phase I

Brandywine Realty Trust, in partnership with Drexel University, broke ground on Nov. 8 on Phase I construction of the mixed-use, master-planned Schuylkill Yards development in University City. The first phase of the $3.5 billion, multi-year project will enhance the public realm by creating a 1.3-acre community park at the corner of 30th and Market Streets to be known as Drexel Square, followed by the reimagination of the former Bulletin Building, and the development of two towers at 3003 JFK Blvd....